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Mike Le Couteur, Rachel Aiello

Guilbeault resigns from cabinet over Carney’s energy deal with Alberta

Steven Guilbeault has resigned from the prime minister’s cabinet, citing his strong opposition to the federal Liberal government’s major new energy agreement with Alberta, accusing Mark Carney of dismantling of climate plans. The dramatic departure comes just hours after Carney signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) alongside Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, laying the groundwork for strengthened cooperation on major energy...

Rachel Aiello

Carney signs major energy agreement with Alberta, laying out conditions for new oil pipeline

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have signed a major new energy cooperation agreement outlining the emission and other climate conditions that need to be met in order for a new oil pipeline to the Pacific to be approved under the federal major projects law. Signing a new memorandum of understanding (MOU), the federal and provincial governments...

Ashley Joannou, Wolfgang Depner

First Nations leader says pipeline MOU changes nothing, tanker ban is non-negotiable

The president of the Coastal First Nations in British Columbia says the signing of a memorandum of understanding by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on an proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast "does nothing" to increase the chances it will happen. Marilyn Slett says in a statement that a tanker ban on the north coast...

Craig Lord

Steel sector praises new federal measures, wants to see tariff remission program end

The head of Canada's steel industry association says there was one disappointment in Prime Minister Mark Carney's otherwise helpful package of measures to boost the domestic market in the face of U.S. tariffs. Carney announced new measures Wednesday to help steel and lumber producers find fresh markets for their goods within Canada. They include tighter quotas on foreign steel entering...

Catherine Cullen

Conservatives have a new campaign manager. How much has really changed?

Some MPs looking for a ‘retool’ under new campaign chief. After feeling the chance to form government slip through their fingers, many Conservatives are publicly gushing over their party’s choice to lead the next campaign. But the question still hanging in the air is just how much will actually change. Has Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre left behind the counsel of...

Polls

60% could support an Alberta-BC pipeline nationally, but sign-off in Canada’s westernmost province no sure thing

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith were all smiles as they put their signatures to an energy co-operation agreement that specifies the conditions that must be met for a new bitumen pipeline to the Pacific to be approved under the federal major projects law.

Narrative Research

A strong majority of Canadians view President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Canada become the 51st U.S. state as insulting.

Recently, the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, has said he doesn’t understand why Canadians are angry about comments regarding this country becoming a part of the United States. He has also stated publicly that when President Trump calls upon Canada to become the 51st American state, that it is a compliment and a term of endearment.

Opinion

Stephen Maher

Stephen Maher: Mark Carney’s in a bigger mess than he thinks with this pipeline

I am starting to wonder if Mark Carney knows what he is doing. On Thursday, he met with Premier Danielle Smith in Calgary to sign a new agreement with Alberta, which includes federal support for a bitumen pipeline to northern British Columbia. On the surface, this is splendid news. It was good to see Smith and Carney working together on...

Andrew Coyne

The Alberta-Ottawa energy deal marks a major shift in Canadian politics

Boom. Until this week, among the more reliable constants in Canadian politics were that the federal Liberals would oppose building any new pipelines to the B.C. coast (the Trans Mountain exception proving the rule); that Alberta’s United Conservatives would oppose any extension of carbon pricing (beyond what the province already had in place); and that the two governing parties, so...

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Jordan Omstead, Jordan Omstead

Pipeline deal could trigger race to the bottom on Canada's climate policy: advocates

A new pipeline agreement between Alberta and Ottawa could trigger a race to the bottom on Canada's climate policies, advocates said Thursday, as they warned the deal would invite other provinces to make copycat demands.

Alessia Passafiume

Elections Canada says protocol wasn't followed in Nunavik during federal election

OTTAWA -- Elections Canada says voting services in Nunavik during the spring federal election were "significantly hindered" by a lack of planning and oversight that caused some polls to close early.

Politician's Pen

Elizabeth May

The ‘Balance of Responsibility’ and Why I Voted for the Carney Budget

Let’s face it, with 343 MPs in this Parliament and one Green Party seat, I had not imagined that any vote might be so tight that my single “yay” or “nay” could hold sway. Then, based on a combination of minority math and political machination, the knife-edge vote on Mark Carney’s first budget on November 17th came along and the...

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John Ivison

Carney's focus on Alberta's prosperity will help calm separatist movement

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith credited former prime minister Justin Trudeau for creating the independence movement in her province, thanks to a litany of nine “bad laws” — and his successor, Mark Carney, for taking the wind out of separatism with “good policy that genuinely addresses the concerns of Albertans.”

Andrew Coyne

Yes, the health care system is a mess, but Danielle Smith’s gambit risks failure

Yes, the Canadian health care system is a mess. Though we spend more than all but a handful of developed countries on health care, we achieve middling outcomes, leaving Canada near the bottom of the international rankings in terms of value for money. Example: Though health care now consumes nearly half of provincial own-source revenues, surgery wait times, now 3...

Lawrence Martin

Hope springs fraternal: Carney’s push for new trading partners shows progress

Seldom have we seen such a flurry of activity overseas from a prime minister like we have from Mark Carney over the past few months. His decrease-the-dependence-on-America campaign sees him trying to open trade channels everywhere in a bid to make up for the exports shortfall brought on by Donald Trump’s beggar-thy-neighbour tariff assault.

William Watson

Carney takes up the art of the political deal

In a recent conversation with the podcaster John Batchelor, Conrad Black used the adjective “agile” to describe Mark Carney. Central bankers don’t always have to be agile but politicians do. As he closes out his first year in office, we’re going to see — Carney himself is going to see — whether he can master the art of the political...

Jason Markusoff

How Danielle Smith's deal with Ottawa will go over with her anti-Ottawa base

At weekend UCP convention, activists might not settle for federal accord when what they want is separation. B.C. Energy Minister Adrian Dix purports to see right through Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her pipeline deal-making with Ottawa. To him, the memorandum of understanding to be inked today by Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney is really all about her base...

Rick Bell

Pipeline deal with Smith, Poilievre Conservatives think Carney is full of it

The political temperature in Ottawa appears to be hot. A pipeline that doesn’t even exist and isn’t even close to existing and politicians and insiders in Liberal Ottawa are all over the map on this one. A pipeline Alberta wants, a pipeline Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wants — some in the nation’s capital can’t stomach the thought, including people who...

Supriya Dwivedi

Ottawa must counter Meta's bad policy idea with a better one

Big Tech companies have allegedly failed to adequately address child sexual abuse material — and encouraged children younger than 13 to use their platforms, according to court filings in a US lawsuit against Meta, Google, TikTok and Snapchat. The most detailed allegations in the court filings are reserved for Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. Some of the...

Mark Critch

Canada’s memorials reveal who we are as a country

Ambassador Harry Ho-jen Tseng

Why Taiwan Matters to the Global Climate Efforts

Donna Kennedy-Glans

A pipeline deal won't be enough to tame Alberta's separatists

Premier Danielle Smith walks a tightrope ahead of UCP AGM. Ahead of this weekend’s United Conservative Party (UCP) AGM, Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to sit down with Premier Danielle Smith to delineate a roadmap to pipelines, energy regulatory reform and carbon capture projects. One would expect genuine progress in these negotiations to take the wind out of separatists’...

Rick Bell

Poilievre slams Smith-Carney pipeline deal as a 'public relations stunt'

'We believe the government of British Columbia has to agree,' says Prime Minister Mark Carney, of a new pipeline to the northwest B.C. coast. Pierre Poilievre was ready. The Conservative leader was ready to rumble. Article content On Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Calgary. As reported in this column this past Saturday morning, Carney and Premier Danielle...

Tim Powers

In-house relief: new Conservative campaign manager a positive signal

Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives have earned themselves some positive public relations with the announcement that Steve Outhouse will serve as the next federal election campaign manager for the party. After a few difficult weeks of news for the party, the Outhouse appointment is being heralded as a good thing.

Campbell Clark

Even before it’s made public, the Ottawa-Alberta deal is taking heat from all sides

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May is pretty sure that backbench Liberal MPs from British Columbia are really worried. Why? “They’ll lose their seats,” she told reporters. “And they like their seats.” The Ottawa-Alberta memorandum of understanding that has not yet been released − to be signed Thursday by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith − is that...

John Ivison

Carney’s ‘commerce-first’ foreign policy spares no care for atrocities

The Carney government cannot follow its conscience on Sudan because that would take it in a different direction from its trade policy

Robyn Urback

Canadians are protecting the mirage of single-tier health care. It doesn’t exist

Canadian health care as an idea, and Canadian health care as an institution, exist in two different universes. Notionally, health care in Canada is single-payer, universal and egalitarian. No one can jump the line. No one can buy better or faster care. Everyone has reasonably timely access to primary and specialist care, and critical issues are treated as true medical...

Mark Critch

Thanks, No Thanks, JD: Sorry, Not Sorry From North of the Border

Tasha Kheiriddin

Did Carney really ditch Canada's feminist foreign policy?

Is the Liberal party’s foreign policy no longer feminist? People have been asking the question all week, ever since Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday that, “We have that aspect to our foreign policy, but I wouldn’t describe our foreign policy as feminist foreign policy. Those are different points, but related.” He subsequently clarified that gender equality remains a...

Colin Robertson

This Year in Halifax: The Takeaways from HFX 2025

At the Halifax International Security Forum this past weekend, 300 participants from the world’s democracies – ministers and legislators, military and diplomats, business and civil society, scholars and journalists — gathered for a 16th year to discuss how those democracies are faring. Not so well, based on my corridor conversations, an impression reinforced by the annual IPSOS survey. A strong...

Janice Kennedy

When the U.S. finally comes to its senses, Canada should think twice before crawling back

When all this is over — when the United States elects a president who doesn’t dump on Canada, when the U.S. ambassador is not a thug, when Canadians at the border no longer fear being treated like convicts, when Washington doesn’t demean our sovereignty, when tariffs aren’t capricious punishments meted out at 3 a.m. to redress imagined grievances — we...

John Ivison

Why Canada can’t back Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine

Point number four of President Donald Trump’s plan to bring peace to Ukraine screams the quiet part about the new world order at top volume: “a dialogue will be held between Russia and NATO, mediated by the United States, to resolve all security issues.”

Susan Delacourt

Is Pierre Poilievre sending a message about changing his tone?

It’s maybe too soon to declare the “frat house” days over, but Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has appointed himself a campaign chief who likely wouldn’t be looking for an invitation to take part in many frat-party hijinks. The news came out over the weekend in the Toronto Sun. Jenni Byrne, a polarizing figure among Conservatives, is out as campaign manager...

Gary Mason

Approving a pipeline project is easy. Making it happen will be difficult and painful

Imagine this scenario: B.C. wants to build a pipeline that needs to cross Alberta to reach its destination. Despite Alberta’s strenuous objections, B.C. negotiates a deal with the federal government to forge ahead with the plan.

Justin Ling

American leadership looks chaotic. The truth may be more sinister

I’m calling it the Halifax screwjob. Over 48 hours this weekend, the Trump administration sold out its most deserving ally, sided with an enemy, reversed itself, and reversed itself again. The saga is further evidence for an untrustworthy America, where bad actors are winning the power struggle.

Don Newman

Could Trading Tariff Relief for F-35s be an Offer Trump Can’t Refuse?

While Prime Minister Mark Carney’s response of “Who cares?” when asked Monday about the last time he spoke with Donald Trump could have been either genuine or tactical indifference, there’s no question that Trump really does care. Canada’s review of the contract to buy 88 F-35 fighter jets from the mammoth American defence contractor Lockheed-Martin is clearly annoying Trump. We...

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Nick Murray

Carney, Smith sign pipeline deal, open door to changing B.C. tanker ban

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have signed a memorandum of understanding that commits them to working toward building an oil pipeline to the West Coast — and opens the door to changes to the coastal tanker ban. At a signing ceremony in Calgary on Thursday, the two agreed that Ottawa would enable the export of oil...

Dylan Robertson

Ottawa has no plans to re-engage with Iran at this time, Anand says

OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada is not open to re-establishing diplomatic ties with Iran at this time.

Peter Zimonjic

Immigration minister denies knowledge of U.S. diplomatic directive to get Canada, allies to lower immigration

Federal Immigration Minister Lena Diab says she’s unaware of a directive that was reportedly sent to the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa from the Trump administration ordering its envoy to press Canada to lower most immigration levels. Asked if Canada takes advice from the U.S. when setting Canada's immigration levels, Diab said she consulted for months with economists, department officials and...

Anti-corruption police looking at allegations of wrongdoing involving Quebec Liberals

Anti-corruption police say they are looking into the internal crisis shaking the Quebec Liberal Party. Mathieu Galarneau, a spokesperson for the anti-corruption unit, says investigators are working to validate allegations of wrongdoing before deciding whether to proceed with a formal investigation. The party has been in crisis since Marwah Rizqy, former Liberal leader in the legislature, fired her chief of...

Nick Murray

Pipeline agreement includes new target of 75 per cent cut in methane emissions

An agreement between Ottawa and Alberta that could clear the path for a new oil pipeline to the Pacific will also require a 75 per cent cut in methane emissions over the next decade, a source tells The Canadian Press. Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to unveil today a memorandum of understanding with Alberta on a possible new oil...

Chris Lambie

Majority of Canadians insulted while U.S. ambassador calls 51st state rhetoric a compliment: poll

More than three quarters of Canadians disagree with U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra’s assertion that President Donald Trump’s call for Canada to become the 51st state is a compliment and a term of endearment, according to a new poll. Article content Seventy-eight per cent of the Canadians surveyed earlier this month disagree with Hoekstra and “instead believe that such language is...

Nick Murray

Carney expected to unveil agreement with Alberta on new pipeline today

Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to unveil an agreement with Alberta Thursday which could clear the way for a new oil pipeline in exchange for stronger environmental regulations, while also walking back some of Ottawa's climate policies. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has said her government has been negotiating with Ottawa a "grand bargain" which would see the proposed Pathways...

Guilbeault won’t resign from Cabinet over pipeline deal, government source says

Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and former environment minister Steven Guilbeault will not resign from Mark Carney’s cabinet over the upcoming pipeline agreement between Ottawa and Alberta, according to a senior government source. Guilbeault had been rumoured to be unhappy with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to agree to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that would outline conditions under...

Dale Smith

Ontario’s ‘atrocious’ plan for cash bail may be unconstitutional

Members of the legal community are panning Ontario’s attempt to toughen up bail conditions. They say what’s proposed will further disadvantage marginalized individuals and may be unconstitutional. Among the measures included in The Keeping Criminals Behind Bars Act is a requirement for an accused person or their surety to pay upfront for their release by providing “a cash security deposit...

Alex Binkley

Grocery Code aiming to be in operation Jan. 1

The Canadian Press

No way 'to do business,' B.C. Energy Minister Dix says of Alberta's pipeline plans

VICTORIA -- British Columbia's energy minister says political talk of a pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific isn't the way to do business and leaks through the media should not be considered the government's way of engaging with First Nations over such a project.

Lauren Krugel, Lauren Krugel

Alberta-Ottawa pipeline accord unlikely to be "champagne-popping moment:' Enserva CEO

CALGARY -- Oil and gas industry advocates say they're heartened by an expected agreement between Alberta and Ottawa on a new West Coast pipeline, but their optimism is tempered by the long list of obstacles that would remain.

Craig Lord and Nick Murray

Carney pins hopes on domestic market with new steel, lumber tariff supports

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney wants the Canadian lumber and steel sectors to look for more opportunities at home as U.S. tariffs and shifting global trade tides limit their opportunities abroad.

Nick Murray

Carney says he expects to see Trump at World Cup event next week in Washington

Prime Minister Mark Carney expects to speak with the U.S. president at a World Cup event in Washington next week, but he's cautioning Canadians not to read too much into the conversations between the two leaders. Carney said Wednesday that trade negotiations with the United States have not restarted. He also said that he spoke with Donald Trump on Tuesday...

David Cochrane, John Paul Tasker

Carney's expected green light for oil pipeline causes unease in caucus and cabinet: sources

Concerns raised internally that ex-environment minister Steven Guilbeault could resign. With Prime Minister Mark Carney expected to lay out a path forward for an oil pipeline to northwest B.C. on Thursday, senior people around him have had to assuage skittish MPs and at least one cabinet minister about the virtues of the forthcoming "grand bargain" with Alberta. One dynamic at...

Stephanie Ha

Carney announces new support for steel and lumber industries, but nothing for aluminum

Amid the ongoing trade war with the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a slate of new measures to help and protect the steel and lumber industries. Among the new measures is further limiting foreign steel imports from countries without a free trade agreement with Canada — from 50 to 20 per cent of 2024 levels — a...

Carney meets with new Newfoundland and Labrador premier on 'ambitious agenda'

Newfoundland and Labrador's new premier is meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney welcomed Tony Wakeham to Ottawa today and said the premier's agenda is ambitious. Wakeham and his Progressive Conservatives won a slim majority in the province's election last month, ending a decade in power for the Liberals. Wakeham told reporters Tuesday he wants the federal government to spend...

Nick Murray

B.C. Coastal First Nations vow oil pipeline to north coast 'will never happen'

The president of the Coastal First Nations in British Columbia said Wednesday an oil pipeline to the province's north coast "will never happen" and slammed Ottawa for negotiating with Alberta on a possible pipeline deal without involving First Nations. Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to unveil details of a memorandum of understanding with the Alberta government on a pipeline...

Annie Bergeron-Oliver

Industry minister denies rumours she’s eying French ambassador role

Canada’s industry minister is denying rumours she is considering leaving politics to become Canada’s ambassador to France. Speaking from Tokyo, Melanie Joly told reporters Tuesday that she is not interested in the position. “Absolutely not,” Joly said when asked about her interest in the role. “I’m focused on my job right now, which is to be the minister of industry...

Nick Tsergas

Quebec bleeds doctors, as Alberta invents new methods of overreach

A recent survey from Abacus Data and the CMA offers a sober snapshot of how physicians are feeling about recent political changes. Almost half of physicians nationwide (43%) say they do not feel trusted or respected by their provincial government. In Alberta and Quebec — the two provinces now reshaping the rules of medical practice — that number spikes to...

Mark Rendell, Laura Stone

Ottawa reaches agreements with Ontario, Manitoba to streamline reviews for major projects

Ontario and Manitoba struck draft agreements with the federal government this week to streamline reviews for major projects, as part of a larger push by Prime Minister Mark Carney to fast-track resource development and infrastructure building in the face of U.S. trade uncertainty. The co-operation agreements will allow the provinces to take the lead role in environmental assessment and Indigenous...

John Paul Tasker, Olivia Stefanovich

Some B.C. Liberal MPs concerned about prospect of a new oil pipeline: sources

Deal expected Thursday on conditions for pipeline to northwest B.C. With Prime Minister Mark Carney poised to sign a "grand bargain" with Alberta later this week, some B.C. Liberal MPs are raising concerns about Ottawa possibly giving the green light to a new oil pipeline to the Pacific, sources say. Liberal MPs told CBC News that they have not been...

Daniel Leblanc

F-35 beat Gripen fighter jet 'by a mile' in 2021 Defence Department competition

Data obtained by Radio-Canada shows Lockheed Martin jet was clear winner. The American-built F-35 fighter jet dominated its Swedish rival Gripen in terms of technical and military capabilities during a competition held by the Defence Department in 2021. The competition focused on each fighter jet's capabilities in defending the North American continent and the likelihood of success in various missions...

Neil Moss

Gripen fighter jet purchase would allow Canada to assert sovereignty, says past chair of House Defence Committee McKay

A former chair of the House Defence Committee says the federal government should reverse course and buy Sweden’s Gripen warplane over the American F-35. There has been a full-court press trumpeting Saab’s fighter jet, which included a visit to Canada’s capital by the Swedish royal family. Canada’s selection of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 for its next fighter jet fleet is currently...

Steven Chase

Canada should buy F-35s but plan for European fighter jets next, former general says

A former air force commander says Ottawa should buy its full order of 88 U.S.-made F-35s to fill an imminent gap in fighter capacity but switch to European warplanes for future purchases to provide more independence from the United States. Retired lieutenant-general Yvan Blondin, who was commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force from 2012 until 2015, said the possibility...

Nick Murray

Energy minister to brief B.C. Liberal MPs on expected Alberta pipeline deal

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson is set to brief B.C. Liberal MPs today on the government's expected energy deal with the province of Alberta. The move comes after B.C. Liberal MPs last week said any deal involving a pipeline to the West Coast would need consent from First Nations and the B.C. government, repeating talking points from the...

Lauren Krugel

Oil tanker ban just one obstacle to northern B.C. pipeline, experts say

A new oilsands pipeline to the northern B.C. coast is a non-starter as long as oil tankers are forbidden there, but experts say a removal of the federal ban would only lift one of many obstacles deterring the private sector from such a project. Media reports say the federal and Alberta governments are poised to announce a memorandum of understanding...

Mackenzie Gray

Liberals to announce loans for lumber producers, new quotas on some foreign steel

Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce additional help for the ailing lumber and steel industries Wednesday afternoon, including additional money for softwood lumber producers and further restrictions on some foreign steel imports, as companies deal with the fallout from the trade war with the U.S.

Mike Le Couteur

Carney to announce measures to protect steel, softwood lumber industries: sources

Help is on the way for Canadian steel producers and those in softwood lumber affected by the ongoing trade dispute with the United States. Multiple senior government sources confirmed to CTV News that Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce measures on Wednesday to protect the steel industry, which has been hit with 50 per cent tariffs by the Trump administration...

Elizabeth Thompson

New location feature on X sheds light on accounts — but also has errors

Tool could help spot fraudsters, interference but should be examined critically: expert. Canadian researchers who track online misinformation and foreign interference are welcoming a new feature that reveals the location of an X account but warn that it still has glitches and its results should be taken with a grain of salt.

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Kate Brumback, The Associated Press

New prosecutor won't pursue charges against Trump and others in Georgia election interference case

ATLANTA (AP) -- The prosecutor who recently took over the Georgia election interference case against President Donald Trump and others said in a court filing Wednesday that he has decided not to pursue the case further.

Mary Clare Jalonick, The Associated Press

Health care plan circulated by the White House runs into familiar GOP divisions

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A health care proposal circulated by the White House in recent days is running into the reality of Republican divisions on the issue -- a familiar struggle for a party that has been trying to scrap or overhaul the Affordable Care Act for the past 15 years.

Eric Tucker And Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press

Dismissal of Comey, James cases won't be the final word. Here's what the path ahead may look like

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge's dismissal of criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney Letitia James, two political foes of President Donald Trump, won't be the final word on the matter.

Meg Kinnard, Jill Colvin And Charlotte Kramon, The Associated Press

Marjorie Taylor Greene's resignation shocked some in Georgia who say she could've won without Trump

ATLANTA (AP) -- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene built a reputation in Congress as a fighter, first as a defender of President Donald Trump and more recently, as someone who clashed with him.

International

Chris Megerian And Farnoush Amiri, The Associated Press

Trump says lax migration policies are top national security threat after National Guard members shot

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Wednesday's "heinous assault" on two National Guard members near the White House proves that lax migration policies are "the single greatest national security threat facing our nation."

Two National Guardsmen shot in Washington, DC, according to DHS chief

Two National Guardsmen were shot in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The shooting occurred in downtown Washington, DC, on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the early reports and a law enforcement official.

Josh Boak, The Associated Press

Trump says he's barring South Africa from participating in next year's G20 summit in Miami

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is barring South Africa from participating in the Group of 20 summit next year in Miami and will "stop all payments and subsidies" to the country over its treatment of a U.S. government representative at this year's global meeting.

Jake Coyle, The Associated Press

'Rush Hour 4' will be distributed by Paramount after Trump's reported request

NEW YORK (AP) -- After President Donald Trump's reported intervention, Paramount Pictures is set to distribute Brett Ratner's "Rush Hour 4," a project that Hollywood had eschewed after earlier sexual misconduct allegations against the director.

Laurie Kellman, Sam Mcneil And Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press

Pushing an end to the Russia-Ukraine war, Trump looks to his Gaza ceasefire playbook

LONDON (AP) -- President Donald Trump's efforts to broker an end to the Russia-Ukraine war closely mirrors the tactics he used to end two years of fighting between Israel and Hamas: bold terms that favor one side, deadlines for the combatants and vague outlines for what comes next. The details -- enforcing the terms, guaranteeing security, who pays for rebuilding...

Think Tank

The Pearson Centre

Cannabis at the Crossroads: Rethinking Canada’s Cannabis Policy for the Next Decade

When Canada legalized cannabis in 2018, it launched a national experiment in health, safety, and economic policy. Seven years later, the results are clear enough to measure and complex enough to debate. Cannabis has moved from the margins of public life and to the mainstream of the Canadian economy. Yet much of the federal framework that governs it remains frozen...

Bruce Campbell

COP30: Canada continues to be a global laggard on climate action

The COP30 Global Climate Summit in Belém, Brazil marked the 10th anniversary of the landmark Paris Accord, where countries agreed to limit global warming to 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels by 2050. The world is now anticipated to heat up by 2.6 C above preindustrial levels by the end of the century.

Wolfgang Alschner

Is the CPTPP Ready to Meet the Moment?

Expectations were high as trade ministers of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific (CPTPP) gathered in Melbourne, Australia, in late November 2025, during what has been an unprecedented year for global trade. U.S. President Trump’s tariff spree has shaken the foundations of the multilateral trade order. China’s newly tightened export controls on critical minerals have threatened to grind global...

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A collection of SubStack publishing within Canadian public affairs.

Steven Staples

Why Canada's defence budget is upside-down

I went back to Ottawa this week. It’s been a while since I’ve been in the nation’s capital to talk about peace issues, so when the Senate of Canada contacted me, I had to go. Prime Minister Carney’s Budget 2025 is making its way through Parliament, and the Senate’s Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs asked me and...

Éric Blais

Air quotes and the politics of tone Why the Pierre Poilievre brand is such a hard sell.

Pierre Poilievre’s recent video attacking Mark Carney could have been a strong argument. If not for the air quotes. When he says Carney promised he could “handle Trump” and “negotiate a win,” his fingers twitch into the familiar inverted-comma gesture. It’s a tiny move, but it says everything. Air quotes don’t persuade; they perform. They turn conviction into commentary and...

Steven Staples

What might be Trump’s next challenge of Canada’s independence and sovereignty?

As Prime Minister Mark Carney said, “Donald Trump wants to break us so America can own us.” But what if Trump decides to use military power along with economic tariffs? An Arctic expert writing in The Globe and Mail says we shouldn’t think of tanks or helicopters streaming over the border. Instead, an American show-of-force could begin with a single...

Podcasts

‘Who cares’ about a pipeline?

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have come up with an energy deal that could reshape the relationship between Alberta and Ottawa. Playbook’s Nick Taylor-Vaisey and Mickey Djuric break down what’s really driving their tentative alliance — and whether it marks the dawn of a new era in Canadian politics.

Why Canada lost consensus on immigration — and how to get it back

The Canadian consensus on immigration cratered last year. In the fall of 2024, an Environics poll found that for the first time in a quarter century most Canadians felt there was too much immigration. Under former prime minister Justin Trudeau, the country experienced one of the biggest periods of immigration growth in its history, but after the shift in public...

Hatchet buried? The politics of an Alberta energy deal

On Thursday Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta’s Danielle Smith are set to announce the outlines of a plan that could set Alberta and B.C. on a collision course. It’s a potential energy deal that would give Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental laws and offer political support for a new oil pipeline to the B.C. coast, among other things...

Why do immigrants want Ottawa to admit fewer newcomers?

A recent Leger poll commissioned by OMNI News found that 67% of newcomers believe Canada should admit fewer than 300,000 new immigrants per year, and 4 in 10 say that number should be less than 100,000.